Rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus)

Rabbit... or oryctolagus cuniculus!

More than half the world's rabbit population resides in North America. Rabbits like different lands, from wetlands to forest brush. Their long ears, which can grow to be four inches, are used for detecting enemies nearby. They use their powerful hind legs to get a good leap away from the enemy, and if it gets too close, it gives a good kick with it's hind legs.

Rabbits have a nine month breeding period, from February to October. Baby rabbits, also known as kits, are born helpless and blind. A rabbit's life span is usually 9 to 12 years, but the oldest rabbit the world has known lived to 18.


As rabbits are herbivores, their diet has alot of cellulose, which is hard to digest. To solve this problem, rabbits eat their poop, making it easier to digest. During the late afternoon, rabbits will rapidly graze for about a half an hour, and then release hard pellets, which they will not eat. Then they spend another half a hour grazing more selectively, and then pooping eatable pellets. 

Zebra (equus quagga)

Zebra... or equus quagga!


Zebras are animals that are known for their distinctive black and white stripes. These stripes help camouflage the animals from predators. No stripe pattern is the same on any zebra. They live in various habitats, from grasslands to mountains. There are four species of zebra, and one went extinct. The plains zebras are not endangered, but 2 of it's subspecies are endangered. 

It was first believed that a zebra was white with black stripes, as it's belly is white, but tests have proved that a zebra is black with white stripes, and that the belly is in addition. It is believed that zebras are not colorblind, and though it is not proven, they are thought to be able to recognize each other's stripe patterns. They are herbivores, and live on grass, though sometimes eat bugs when they come in with grass.

Females become mature faster than boys, and could have had their first foal by age three. Males become mature at age 5, and usually the female births once a year. When the baby is born, it is brown and white at first. It will be nursed by it's mother for a year, and will then leave it's mother.

People have tried to tame zebras in the past, but their panicky movements when under stress make it hard to ride them and to tame them. When a zebra is being attacked, it will run in a zig-zag pattern to complicate things for it's enemy. If the enemy gets too close, the zebra will rear up and bite or kick the enemy. To this day, zebras roam the earth, protecting their foals, fouling enemies, and fooling people with their black and white stripes.